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M. G. STONE.

GOAT SPRING.

DIS-281,578. Patent S d July 17, 1883.

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UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARVIN O. STONE, OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA.

COAT-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 281,578, dated July 17, 1883'. Application filed December 24, 1881. (No model.) W

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN C. STONE, of

Falls Church, in the county of Fairfax and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coats, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention isto secure a close and easy fit of coats to the person of the wearer without securing them by buttons or other fastenings. It has reference more particularly to mens coats, which are usually cut down or left. open at the front to a greater or less extent, and provided with la pels. It is well known thatthese garments as usually made can be kept in place only by buttoning them, the effect of which is to render them uncomfortable, restrict the movements of the wearer, and cause them to be wrinkled and drawn out of shape. Now, it is the purpose of my invention to avoid these difficulties by rendering the garment self-closing and selfadjusting; and to this end it consists in applying to the garment a single spring which encircles theneck, and the ends of which are extended down the front in the collar, or collar and lapels,'so that when the 7 coat is placed upon the person it will be held snugly but easily in place around the neck, shoulders, and breast. The spring is c011- structed 'in. a single, piece, preferably with holes to receive fastening stitches, and is wholly concealed, so that the garment presents to the eye an ordinary appearance.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents afront view of a coat provided with my improvement, a portion being broken away to expose one end of the spring, the remainder of which is indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a View of the spring'detached.

The body of the coat (represented by D) may be of any ordinary form or pattern. shown in the drawings, it has the usual collar, B, and lapels O, of such character that the coat, when inuse, presents an opening to expose the shirt-bosom. v

A represents the spring, made of flat steel wire, gutta-percha, or equivalent material, with a series of perforations to receive fastening-stitches. It extends lengthwise within the collar, andcontinues'at each end down the inner edge of the collar B and lapel O and slightly below the latter, as shown at a. It is made of such form and stiffness that its lower ends tend to spring inward toward or across each other, as shown in Fig. 2. The result is While the front lapels are prevented from sagging out of shape or riding upward around the neck.

I amaware that a spring composed of three sections jointed together and provided with fastening-buttons-has been applied to a fur collar to fasten the same tightly around the throat, and this I do not claim. Ibelieve myself, however, to be the first to apply a spring in a mans coat, as herein described.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1- 1. As anew article of manufacture, a coat having a continuous spring extended around its neck and down the edges of the bosomopening, substantially as described and shown.

2; As a new article .of manufacture, a coat having in its collar or neck portion a closingspring wholly concealed and inclosed therein,- and without fastening devices at its ends, as described;

3. In combination with a mans coat having a collar, B, and lapels G, thespring, encircling the neck and extending downward within the inner edge of the collar and lapels, as described and shown.

4. The n -shaped coat-spring having the curved or bent ends a, as described and shown.

5. The curved coat-spring, as described, provided with the series of perforations to receive the fastening-threads.

6. In combination with a coat, a closingspring in one continuous length encircling the neck-opening, and extending thence down the front edge of the garment, substantially as described, whereby the neck is closed and the front edges also sustained in position.

MARVIN G. STONE.

Witnesses:

NAT. G. GRASTY, HERMAN BRUNs. 

